ShantyTown Achievements Guide: 100% Completion
ShantyTown achievements revolve around surveys, building challenges, and map-specific conditions. Most unlock naturally as you explore, but several require very specific builds or restrictions that are easy to miss without planning ahead.
How Achievements Work in ShantyTown
ShantyTown achievements are earned by completing location surveys, building under specific conditions, and unlocking all items across multiple maps.
The list is split between progression, completion, and challenge-style achievements. Some are straightforward, while others require you to play a map in a very specific way.
Understanding which ones are tied to maps and which ones require full completion saves a lot of time later.
Survey Achievements
These come from completing each location’s survey.
The Beacon is Lit complete the Lighthouse Survey
On the Edge complete the Silo Ridge Survey
Within the Pipe complete Marsh Pipe Survey
High Tide complete Farm Harbor Survey
Stilted Delight complete Hotpot Casino Survey
Sea Legs complete the Barge Survey
Sloped Survey complete Hillside Bazaar Survey
Spirited Awash complete Temple Bathhouse Survey
These are your main progression achievements. You unlock them by fully completing each map’s objectives.
Full Completion Achievements
These require finishing everything across the game.
Inspected Every Corner survey every location
Report Completed win the game
One of Each, Please unlock every item
Something Special unlock all map unique items
These depend on completing all maps and unlocking everything available, so they naturally come near the end.
Building Challenge Achievements
These are tied to how you build rather than where.
Reach for the Sky build 10 stories tall
Overdeveloped place 25 buildings on one map
The Spice of Life add 10 different attachments to a single building
Popping Off set off 5 upgrades with one item
These can usually be done in a single run if you focus on pushing building limits instead of playing normally.
Map-Specific Challenge Achievements
These require strict conditions on certain maps.
Paved Paradise fill all Silo Ridge or Inn Between concrete spots
Untouched complete a map without disturbing wildlife
Unsupported complete Hotpot Casino without placing stilts
These are easy to fail if you do not plan ahead. Once the condition is broken, you need to restart the map to try again.
Miscellaneous Achievements
These are tied to unique actions or interactions.
Out of the Box dream beyond your limits while building
Sparked a Revolution place revolutionary posters on every map
These usually unlock through exploration and interacting with specific systems across multiple maps.
Best Strategy for 100 Percent Completion
Trying to unlock everything in one run is not realistic because several achievements conflict with each other.
A better approach:
complete all surveys first to unlock progression achievements
run dedicated builds for structure achievements like height and attachments
do separate runs for strict conditions like no wildlife disturbance or no stilts
clean up remaining collectibles and item unlocks last
This keeps you from accidentally locking yourself out of achievements mid-run.
Final Blurb
ShantyTown achievements are built around how you approach each map rather than just finishing them. Surveys handle progression, but the real challenge comes from building under restrictions and completing maps in specific ways. Once you separate those into different runs, the full list becomes much more manageable.
